The Bird as a Diver: A Contribution to the Natural History of Diving Birds
by Dewar, John M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1924. Ex-Library. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth, front panel device and lettering in gilt. xii,173 pp. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library, minimally marked/stamped, little actual wear, clear-coated spine panel with handwritten call label on lower spine panel. Slightly rubbed corners and extremities, Near Fine downgraded due only to ex-lib. status..
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- Seller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 012141
- Title
- The Bird as a Diver: A Contribution to the Natural History of Diving Birds
- Author
- Dewar, John M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- H. F. & G. Witherby
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds/Ornithology;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Saucony Book Shop
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
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